At its blog 2K orts of details about BioShock: The Collection, and the upgrades this offers for PC gamers. Getting BioShock 2 prepared for the upgrade won’t be as demanding, though, for players can just enter their Games for Windows Live key into Steam, and it will be added to their libraries once BioShock: The Collection officially drops. The PC version of BioShock: The Collection will be released on the 15th of September. Luckily, it doesn’t take much to get the game running smoothly on the PC.
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Those fans who are still not completely sold on purchasing BioShock: The Collection because of the refinements made to the original titles can make a more educated decision by watching this graphics comparison trailer to get a better idea of how the games look next to their standard iterations. Once that is done, you will receive a remastered version of the game, same as all the other users with Steam-activated copies.
The original BioShock is 9 years old.
If you own any or all of the BioShock trilogy on PC, you’re in luck: your Steam copies of BioShock and BioShock 2 will automatically be upgraded to the remastered versions found in The Collection.
Both BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock Minerva’s Den will start updating to the remastered versions on Steam at 3pm PT/6pm ET/11pm United Kingdom next week on September 15.
Once you have BioShock or BioShock 2 on Steam, you are all set for the upgrade starting at 3pm PT on 9/15/16. The rep also clarified that both games will remain on Steam, so you can go back to play the original release if you like, but there will be only one Steam listing for the individual games, which will grant ownership of both editions. Unlisted specifications may not be supported by publisher.
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PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players have little to worry about as the game will readily run on consoles at launch.
